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Priestly Politics and the Cause of War

Josephus

The Jewish War 2.409–417

ca. 75

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Confessional Prayer for Judean Restoration

Baruch 1:15–3:8

2nd or 1st Century BCE

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The Hasmoneans Claim the High Priesthood

1 Maccabees 14:25–48

Mid-to Late 2nd Century BCE

Source

There is None Like Our God (En kelohenu)

6th to 10th Century

Source

Book of Homonyms

Judah Ibn Bal‘am

Kitāb al-tajnīs, Introduction, Body (selections)

Mid-11th Century

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The Book of the Correction of the Negligence Found in the Books of the Head of the Academy, al-Fayyūmī: Criticisms

Mubashshir ben Nissi ha-Levi

Kitāb istidrāk al-sahw al-mawjūd fī kutub ra’s al-mathība al-Fayyūmī

Mid- to Late 10th Century

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Alexander and the Jews

Josephus

Jewish Antiquities 11.297–339 (selections)

93–94

A vintage wooden olive press with a large screw mechanism stands outdoors on a stone base, with trees and a wooden building in the background.

Guide

What is the Mishnah?

2nd–6th Centuries

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Sifte da‘at (Lips of Knowledge): On Genesis

Ephraim Solomon Luntshitz

1610

A carved bone figurine with a long body, stylized arms, a detailed headdress, and simple facial features.

Guide

What is Midrash?

2nd–12th Centuries

Stone relief with a candelabrum, horn, and plant bundle, floral patterns, and floral and geometric borders.

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The Scroll of Antiochus

Megilat Antiochus, ll. 1-2, 5-24, 62-63, 67-73.

8th or 9th Century

Collection of pottery jars, jugs, and containers, with some missing pieces.

Guide

Hellenization under the Ptolemies and Seleucids

3rd–1st Centuries BCE